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Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... ; PCH, pulmonary ... ; CLD, chronic lung ... function test. ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Pulmonary Hypertension ... III - Chronic lung ... #Hypertension # ... PHTN #Groups #WHO ... Classification #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Ventilation-perfusion lung ... Bypass Other Treatment ... have inoperable disease ... RebeccaSteinb17 #CTEPH #PHTN ... #Pulmonary #Hypertension
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... hypertension • ... mycobacteria Treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... 10 minutes of rest ... on radioactive lung
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
: Cough, dyspnea ... Birbeck granules (EM ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... : Blood tests to ... TREATMENT OPTIONS